musical addictions

[lumen]

What I mean, is there any music that you would consider yourself addicted to?

I find I very easily get addicted to things I like (I'm not talking drug addictions, or alcoholism, or even addictions to things like cigarettes). I just kind of obsess a bit about the things I really like, and indulge in them to the point of excess. I try to ration these things out to myself, but it usually doesn't work. Chocolate is a good example. But then I get this slightly guilty feeling when I have too much, for not being able to exhibit more self-control.

More to the point, I've noticed this has started to apply to music as well. I enjoy listening to so many bands, but there are a few that I seem to be addicted to, and I listen to them so much. This afternoon, I was picking a CD to put on, and I decided I wanted to listen to something by Dan Swano. Then I got that guilty feeling like I'm indulging in Dan's music to excess and don't have enough self-control to ration it out and listen to it a little less obsessively. The same sort of thing has been happening with Katatonia, but perhaps what makes the Dan addiction worse is that he's involved in so many projects.

So - do you have any musical addictions (like Dan Swano projects)? And if so, do you feel guilty indulging in them frequently, or does it not bother you at all?

 

[Melancholia]

I have quite many musical addictions... which are hopefully sort of periodical/very temporary...for example now that i am writting this it is the second time i a raw i am listening to In The woods... "three times seven..." tonight... the other day i listened to the pan-Thy-monium "Dream II" 7 times in a raw,i felt i couldn't get enough.....and lately i am listening to much to Dt's "auctioned" song...well,this makes me feel sort of guilty,stupid also,like a maniac or sth... but hopefully this addictions last only for a day...

I also have some sort of permanent addictions...for example i want to listen to Madder mortem's "Mercury" every day...but i don't feel so bad about it,cause it is an awesome work and unlike the temporary addictions i don't feel like a maniac,cause i just listen to it just one not 746328563 times in a raw...

my musical habbits are indeed weird

and yeah,sometimes i have this problem with chocolate,too (not lately hopefully)
from non-music matters,my biggest addiction is probably liquids (all sorts of tea,water,coffee,juice blah blah)Especially at periods when i have to study much i can drink many liters every day...

 

[lumen]

Interesting...

I don't usually listen to the same song many times in a row, well, except for a few... Generally for me it's just the same albums day after day, while neglecting the rest of my musical collection.

I envy you about having the one excess you don't feel guilty about. I think I feel guilty about all of mine.

Oh well. I just got a new batch of CDs to review so it will force me to neglect my addictions for a while and maybe I won't feel so guilty going back to them after.

I've often heard that drinking lots (other than alcohol) is good for you, so I can't imagine your addiction to liquids would be all that bad. Except you'd likely have to pee a lot.

 

[TerPsyChore]

Yezah, yeah... Understand what you two mean... I sometimes feel the same way... Not just for music, for all kind of things... During a certain amount of time, I can't help but listen to a single band's music... Which is quite boring as I(ve got a lot of very different records to listen too, a lot of diferrent books to read... And yet, I just carry on listenning to the same band every day... It's not always like that, and I must admit that the best days are those when I listen to a lot of different things... I've got wide musical tastes and it's just great to listen in the same day to Synchronicity from Police, and then Infernal from EoS, then some Blind Guardian stuff, then some classical music, and so on... I think it mainly depends on your state of mind... It's quite hard for me to listen to Police stuff during the hard days, which are quite many sometimes... While Godsend pulls me into something "sad" even when everything is OK... We might be addicted to a certain album or song just because for a while we are just obsessed with the same things in life... When you've got the same song in mind every day from the moment you awake to the moment you fall asleep, then it's time to ask yourself if you're not living in a circle... Don't know how to express it exactly, I'm french, so... But I think you get what I mean...

 

[lumen]

Living in a circle... I must think about that one some more.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I got what pou mean.

(It amazes me how well people around here speak and write English when it's not the first language for so many of you. I studied French for years and I couldn't come close to expressing myself in French.)

 

[~nightfall~]

Moonspell`s "Irreligious" was indeed an addiction for me. I used to listen to the entire album five or six times a day for months. It still does`nt work right for me to just play some tracks from that album. I need the entire album to get it right. Got bored of it after a year or so, and have`nt listened to it as much since.

The three Nightingale-albums is a different story. I bet I`ll never get bored of these. If I ever had an addiction, this is the one. May they be voted best albums ever. Dan is king of rock.

 

[Mosquito]

Id have to say I'm addicted to Metal in general.

 

[ricochet]

Originally posted by Mosquito
Id have to say I'm addicted to Metal in general.

I think I'll have to agree with this. I find myself being drawn to many bands and having repeat listens. Then, I will start listening to entirely different bands a lot. I somewhat space out who I listen to and don't repeatedly listen to the same thing.

However, I am definitely drawn more to Opeth, Dan Swanö(anything), etc. There are definite distinctions in my music choices. I don't even think about it when I want something to listen to. I just automatically put in Opeth, Unicorn, Nightingale, etc. and listen repeatedly. Lately I have really been giving Maudlin of the Well "Bath" and "Leaving Your Body Map" a lot of attention. I can't get enough of these cds.

 

[~nightfall~]

Nightingale never stops surprising me... Yesterday I listened to "The Closing Chronicles" with headphones ( or "hörlurar" as Dan would have called them... heh heh , funny word ). This took the CD to a whole different stage! There are elements , especially synth - stuff, on that CD that doesnt come to it`s right without hearing it with headphones. Take the chorus of "Revival" for excample. Have any of you something to add to this? You should really try it out some time

 

[redblueyes]

I am without a doubt addicted to Opeth music. Both physically and mentally. They fill up any voids I'm feeling on that particular day, until I'm content and complete again. I can go only a few days without needing some type of opeth "fix".

 

[JPK]

I have a really good stereo system at home..and when you compare the sound to good headphones...Yeah you really have to have guality speaker system that you get same dynamics and definition out that good headphones gives you.Only fault with the headphones is that it gives you feeling that band plays in your head.Thats why I stick to the normal speakers to get better stereo effect.But good headphones saves tons of money compared to guality speakers and you can save that money to Dan`s music than put all the savings to speakers and not have any cd`s to listen...!!heh